Crime Rate in Brockley, ward

Brockley has the 8th highest crime rate of 19 wards in Lewisham district and the 1419th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 265th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Brockley in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% lower than the Lewisham district average (119.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Brockley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 539 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 13 cases , down -13.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 26.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -44.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 750 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Brockley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parkfield Road, with 138 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Coulgate Street (39 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.